![]() ![]() One of the things that makes this heroic crown such an achievement is the the last sonnet is also an acrostic poem, in which the first letters of each line spell out the phrase “RIP Emmett L. ![]() The difference is that in the heroic crown the last sonnet is composed entirely of the first lines of the previous 14 sonnets. A heroic crown is a sequence of 15 sonnets, written in the same manner as a crown of sonnets. In addition, the first line of the first sonnet also serves as the last line of the last sonnet. A crown of sonnets is a sequence of A sequence of sonnets in which the last line of each sonnet is the first line of the following sonnet. A sonnet is a 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter. ![]() Let's step back for a minute and think about what that means. This narrative poem, describing the events and emotion surrounding the lynching of Emmett Till in 1955, is written in the form of a heroic crown of sonnets. ![]()
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